MECA Day of the Dead Festival: Honoring our Past, Celebrating our Future; Celebrate 26 Years of Multicultural Education in Houston.Entertainment Editors/Lifestyle Editors HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2003
WHAT: Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts (MECA)
will celebrate its 26th anniversary of continued community
service to Houston with MECA Day of the Dead Festival: Honoring
our Past, Celebrating our Future. Dia de los Muertos
festivities will feature traditional celebrations from Latin
America, with an altar exhibit competition, memorial labyrinth,
procession choreographed by Hester Martinez Nardea, auction,
foods from Latin American countries (elote, tostadas, tortas,
and quesadillas), and vendors selling authentic Latin American
Dia de los Muertos arts and crafts. The festival will truly be
a community cultural event celebrating our ancestors and Latin
American traditions.
WHEN: Nov. 1-2, 2003
11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
WHERE: MECA
1900 Kane Street
Houston, Texas 77007
PERFORMING ARTISTS:
-- Mariachi MECA
-- MECA Improvisation Ensemble
-- Venezuelan Music Ensemble
-- Gospel Music by Cleola Williams and Wilford Davis
-- Yambu Dance Company
-- Kuumba House Dance Theatre
-- Zaranda
-- Skyfeather
-- Colombian Folkloric Ballet of Houston
-- Grupo Tayrona
-- MECA Ballet Folklorico
-- Sin Telon from Tampico, Mexico
-- Uzori Russian Dance Troupe
AUCTION ITEMS: Vicente Fernandez autographed acoustical guitar
ABOUT DIA DE LOS MUERTOS Día de los Muer·tos n. See Day of the Dead. [Spanish : día, day + de, of + los, the + muertos, pl. of muerto, dead.] : Dia de los Muertos began thousands of years ago as a Mesoamerican holiday celebrated by the indigenous peoples The term indigenous peoples has no universal, standard or fixed definition, but can be used about any ethnic group who inhabit the geographic region with which they have the earliest historical connection. of Mexico. The Aztecs celebrated this ritual in the ninth month of the Aztec solar calendar Noun 1. solar calendar - a calendar based on solar cycles calendar - a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year , approximately August, and it was ruled over by Mictecacihuatl, a goddess who was believed to have died at birth. With the landing of the Spanish in the 1500s, the holiday was melded with Catholicism's All Saints All´ Saints` 1. The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival. and All Souls Days, Nov. 1st and 2nd. (1) ABOUT MECA MECA Maine College of Art MECA Middle East Children's Alliance MECA Manufacturers of Emission Controls Association (Washington, DC) MECA Marriage Equality California MECA Mars Environmental Compatibility Assessment : Multicultural Education and Counseling through the Arts (MECA) is a community-based, non-profit organization A non-profit organization (abbreviated "NPO", also "non-profit" or "not-for-profit") is a legally constituted organization whose primary objective is to support or to actively engage in activities of public or private interest without any commercial or monetary profit purposes. whose mission is to promote the healthy social, cultural, and academic development of at-risk, inner-city youth through education in the arts. FESTIVAL SPONSORS: The Alley Theatre The Alley Theatre is an indoor theatre in the city of Houston, Texas, and hosts two stages. The main stage has 824 seats and is called the "Hubbard"; the more intimate, 310-seat stage, is the "Neuhaus." Nine towers and open-air terraces give the Alley Theatre a castle-like quality. , Bayou City Arts Festival, Carolyn Bertrand, Center Point Energy, The Children's Museum, Clutch City Foundation, The Houston Chronicle, Jack Daniels, The Strand Theatre, Tecate, Telefutura 67 KFTH-TV, Texas Rodco Waco, Inc.; Time Warner Cable This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , United Way of the Texas Gulf Coast, and Univision 45 KXLN-TV. (1) www.azcentral.com/ent/dead/history/ |
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